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The evening world., 1887-12-03
CAPT. ROBBINS's RETIREMENT.
He Did Not Care to be Put on Trinl in His
Last Month Of Police Service.

He Did Not Care TO be Put on Trinl in His
Last Month of Police Service.
"Why did I ask to be retired yesterday,
thirty days before 1 became sixty years old ?"
ex-Capt. John M. Robbins said, repeating q
question asked this morning. We'll, the
answer is q simple one. When a man has
spent thirty-three years in the police service
and is put in q hole by q subordinate in an
effort to screen his own shortcomings it is
time to get out. 1 don't propose to go
through the form of q public trial at this late
day, and, while confident of winning the case.
I had rather be retired than to stand the
worry of trial. I have only myself, wife and
q grandchild to provide for, and the 81, 900 a
year pension will keep us. I must be a
pretty poor specimen of a man if 1 DOM
knock out at least $500 more O year"
It is said hat when the application for re-
tirement was before the Board yesterday,
Gen. Fitz John Porter opposed it on the
ground that Capt. Robbins should first be
tried on the charges of neglect of duty.
President French favored granting. the
application, and said with much feeling
u This man has spent thirty-fve years of his
life in the police service, and is within q
month of his ~sixtieth year, when under the
law he must be retired. I hope the general
will withdraw his opposition mt let the old
man go out of the department in good order
and in comparative peace"
Then the application was granted, Gen.
Porter alone voting against 1t.
The evening world., 1887-12-03
TIE REGULATION REGULATES.

The first report Of the Interstate Com.
'merce Commission furnishes ample justiaoa-
ion for the law which created it.
The operation Of the law has been in
general beneficial. The abolition of the free
1Are system has enabled the roads in several
Instances to reduce fares, thus giving to the
public q share Of the benefit formerly an.
joyed by the favored few.
The prohibition of rebates and special
rates has tended to stimulate freight traffic
by restoring competition and inducing
liability In charges. Rates have been re-
dneed' N still the roads have prospsred.
The Commission suggests the strengthen.
sang OF the law In som particulars. and iti
'exfension 70 other means Of transportation.
The evening world., 1887-12-03
Birds of PRssnne.

Gen. Sheridan Is at the Fifth avenue.
Senator Mitchell still fingers At the Hoffman
House.
Col. James Forney, United States Marines, il at
the Oriental.
7. D. GRIMM, of the .. s. s. GAiena, has q room
AZ the Gilsey.
Judge George F. cOmStOck is a recent arrival
NJ the Windsor.
At the Barrett Is E. D. Mier, the boiler manu-
~facturer OF St Louis
Paymaster Chas. +. Guild. OF the Navy, reached
the 81. James last night.
A. Newton Locke, an insurance adjuster, of Glens
Falls, Is NJ the Murray Hill.
Lieut.. Gov. James l. Howard, OF Connecticut,
IL registered At the Murray Hnl.
Lieut.. W.. H.. Comm and Capt. Eugene Grimm,
Ut A., are booked At the Grand.
Capt BENJAMIN Thompson, LISA. OF Boston,
arrived NJ the Park Avenue to-day.
Leopold Morse, of Boston, is stopping for q day
At the Windsor before going to Washington.
The S,urtevant shelters Burdette LOOMS, OF
Secretary OF State Frederick Cook returned from
Washington last night and registered at the Murray
Hill Hotel.
Lieut.. Walkinshaw, U. s. A., and Capt II. X.
Gilman, U. s. Marines, are Ion duty" at the
SturteNanL
G. II. Jackson, OF the Westinghouse Air Brake
Company, and L. u. Levitt, IT,, u well-knoWn
Cambridge engineer, Is staying At the Windsor.
j. N. Toucey, OF the New York Central Rail-
road; +. ii. Prince, OF Boston, and II. A Rust, u
Chicago contractor, are among the recent arrivals
at the Windsor.
Staying al the Bartholdi are John Dick, a promi-
nent oil man Of Meadville; w. L. Fleming, q
wealthy Groton merchant, and w. L tIWor
one OF HATtford's many insurance men.
The evening world., 1887-12-03
THE HIW SENATORS.

Fighting the devil with Are" is not
always an agreeable but IL sometimes q nee
essary resort.
II the Republican Senators propose TO try
and strengthen their scant majority in the
Senate by keeping out Mr.. TuRPIE, the new
Democratic Senator from Indiana, they can
not logically blame the Democratic Senators
for i~nterposing an objection to the swearing
in of one Of their new members.
Mn. TuRPn brings TO the Senate as COM
plete credentials as any Senator-elect can
show. He is entitled TO admission. A Sem
ate that would not investigate the election OF
Mr.. PAYNE will simply exhibit partisan
spleen In Directing to Mr.. TuRPn.
The evening world., 1887-12-03
PowDERLY on THB REVOLT.

While not wishing TO interfere OF take sides
In . family quarrel, we feel free to commend
TO h careful confederation Of all Knights Of
Labor the frank, manly and reasonable
statements Of Mr.. PowDzRLx. touching the
revolt in the order. in his elaborate inter-
view in TEE WOMB this morning.
The history Of labor organizations shows
that most Of their failures have been caused
by ~dissensions In their own ranks. The lack
Of level-headed leadership. ~harmoniouGly
supported, has been the rock upon which
they have split.
II In undoubtedly true that Mr.. PowpHRLx
has done much to commend the Knights to
the confidence of the public. His efforts in
wedding out Anarchism and Socialism, and
In marking out o safe and conservative policy,
have contributed largely to the welfare OF
the order.
Thu Knights should remember that good
leadership is q very rare quality.
The evening world., 1887-12-03
GOOD THINGS In THE MARKET.
Some Prices Mt Which To-NIorrow's Dinner
May be Purchased.

Some Prices Mt Which To-Morrow's Dinner
May be Purchased.
The Washington and Fulton Market poul-
terers were busy working off their extra stock
of fowls to-day. Fine turkeys were offered
ct 10 to 10 cents, ducks at "A to 16, chickens
at 70 to IA and fowls at 10 to IL cents. Game
was abundant, quail selling at $3.50 a dozen ;
partridge, $1.l2 a brace; grouse, $1.25 /;
prairie hens, $1.50; canvas backs, So, and
red heads. 80. 80 a brace. Rabbits sold at so
cents q pair. squirrels at 25 cents and SQUADS
at So to "a a dozen. Venison brings 20 to rs
cents o pound.
In the fish market cod brings 8 cents O
pound, haddock 8, halibut, 10 to 90, striped
bass IL to rs, salmon (~frozen) 80, founders 8,
fresh mackerel 10, smelts Is to 20, red snapper
II to 20, bluefsh IL to Is, salmon trout 10,
pickerel 8 and black bass IL.
Vegetables are unchanged in prices.
Cauliiowers bring 10 to rs cents, celery is,
lettuce 8, sweet potatoes Is cents a half peck,
turnips 10 cents a measure, parsnips 10,
cabbage 10, cranberries 10 cents o quart, egg
plants 80 cents, watercress 10 cents q quart.
In the meat market prime rib roasts can be
bought for 10 to 20 cents, porterhouse steak
20 to rs, sirloin 16 to 20, lamb ~hindquarters
IA to 16, pork tenderloin Is to 20, veal outlets
%. chops 16 to "A cents.
Fruit is abundant and cheap.
The evening world., 1887-12-03
A THEM BETTER,

There Is no improvement in the service OF
Island asylums, according to DR.. MACDONALD,
the Superintendent. He says, indeed, that II
IL worse than formerly.
The causep Well, expert nurses and efa-
cient attendants are not to be had for the mig
gardly salaries heretofore paid.
The remedy2 Pay decent salaries and get
decent service. The city con afford 10 be
liberal to its poor, helpless and insane.
Starve out the boodlers, but provide gener.
ously for the city's wards.
The evening world., 1887-12-03
HANDS OPP THE SCHOOLS.

II is stated that the Brooklyn Board Of Ed
ucation is about to discharge Miss MORRIS, a
teacher in the public schools, in defiance Of
the general sentiment that she should be re-
tanned.
This IL o case Of more than ordinary in
terest and importance, for it means the in
reference Of politicians in school manage
ment. Miss MoRRIs has had o long and
honorable record as o teacher. and has re-
ceived the unqualified Endorsement Of
many successive school supe~rintendents.
The people Of Brooklyn should make an
issue in this case. Let the politicians keep
their hands OF the schools. Establish O
precedent that will teach the "heelers =" q
lesson of discretion.
Politics and schools don't mix.
The evening world., 1887-12-03
HUNGRY FOB DIAMONDS.

A Grabbed old bank president of Worces-
ter. Mass, worth half o million, has allowed
his pretty wife to 60 hungry. For what ?
Well, for diamonds, as she herself testiaes in
court with ear -bedimmed eyes.
Now, 1t L. the duty of o husband to provide
his wife with the necessities of life. The
word necessities" Is very elastic, and
readily stretches in proportion to ones bank
account, To q wealthy mans pretty wife,
who has no diamonds but wants them
"drefully." what can be more of neces-
sityp
Besides the Worcester wife puts in q claim
for an encyclopedia. She has!evidently been
given n short supply Of mental pabulum as
well as allowed to almost starve for want of
diamonds. We have our opinion Of that
Worcester bank president.
The evening world., 1887-12-03
BARD LUCK OF A WIFE.
Knocked Down and Kicked While Trying %
Get Her Husband Out of n saloon.

Knocked Down and Kicked While Trying %
Get Her Husband Out of n Saloon.
Mrs. Elizabeth Callahan, of 511 Broome
street, entered the liquor saloon at 40 City
Hall place, at II. 80 o'clock last night in search
of her husband, John J. Callahan, and fnd-
ing him there indulging in drink, she invited
him to come home.
The bartender, Thomas Connolly. she says,
resented her interference, knocked her down
and kicked her in the stomach. Then, accord
ing to her story, Connolly threw her and her
husband into the street. Mrs. Callahan was
SO seriously injured hat she was sent In o
ambulance to Bellevue Hospital. As she was
about to become q mother the assault was the
more serious.
Connolly was arrested and locked up In
the Elizabeth street police station house,
and Callahan was detained as q witness. He
left his wife on the street after being elected
morning.
The evening world., 1887-12-03
KILRAIN'S SECOND SAILS.
SPED with Flowers and Cheers on His Way
to the Coming Prize Fight.

Sped with tlOWerb anu Sueerb on tlb way
TO the Coming Prize Fight.
The Cunard pier was the scene of unusual
activity this morning from a sporting stand
point. The three particular passengers who
caused it were Charley Johnson, of Brooklyn.
the American second Of Jake Kilrain, James
Wakeley and Philip Lynch. They were ON
their way to attend the fight between Jake
Kilrain and Jem Sluith.
The main saloon of the Servia was filed
by their friends. Upon the centre table were
flowers, conspicuous among which was q
horseshoe made of rcd, white and yellow
roses. A card, bearing the following inscrip-
ton: Bring home Jake champion of the
world, to Charley Johnson, the American
second Of Jake Kilrain; compliments Of
Cheer after cheer followed the men as the
boat swung from the dock, and they waved
their hands and hats bidding their friends
adieu. Among those on the pier were Mrs.
James Wakeley and her mother, Mrs. Gig
gete, accompanied by Mr.. Wakeley's
mother; Mrs. Philip Lynch and nieces,
Senator-elect Van Colt. Supervisor Con-
molly, Frank Stevenson, Frank II. Carroll,
John Wakeley, Billy Wakeley, Pete Lynch,
Jack McDonough, Billy Henderson, Johnny
RYAN and Henry Rice.
The evening world., 1887-12-03
THR O0MMoN d

There should not be any doubt that the
Democratic leaders In the house will find
common ground " upon which to stand In
relation TO the surplus.
The surplus must be stopped, not spent
that il surely the position for oil Democrats.
In agreeing upon o measure of tax reduc-
tion. all factions and interests should be will
ing TO yield something. No handle
compromise all on one sids-is either Just
or possible.
The common ground 10, therefore, one Of
fair compromise. The leader who should
reject this would be responsible for o handi-
cap TO his party next year. that might defeat
Il IN the Presidential race.
The evening world., 1887-12-03
sly4 GiHTs or yHREA" MONTHS, A. !,
How . L,r,i. s,ubsotthk iUHssfitnssss,t 9Sosa'asattsss
Ninety Days Liberty.

The occasional caller at either Of the city
police courts finds there much to ponder
upon-happenings which have been dupli-
Gated 80 many times that even the reporters,
ever alert and alive for anything interesting,
fail to appreciate their oddly.
h This morning, in the middle of q long line
of persons at the Tombs was beetlelbrowed
man, forty-fve years Of age, with o stubble
of beard all over his face. He wore q blouse
and ~oyeralls and carried an old SLOUGH hat.
His turn came ut length. 80.
Now, my man, what's the matter with
you and your wife 7" asked Justice, kilbreth'
briskly, scanning the indictment hurriedly.
% She says you have been beating her, have
been half drunk for two weeks and have not
provided for her and the children. Is
that so p"
The prisoner was sullenly silent and looked
at the Justice defantly from under his big
brows. A woman, whose hair was unkempt
and whose shoulders were covered by a faded
and torn green plaid shawl, was being showed
to the front by o policeman. She finally
throne, and she said, half. sobbing " It's
too true, Your Honor: He has done nothing
but ill for q month. It's the drink, though.
He's as good O mar as any woman could wish
when he's himself, but 1 can't earn money
for us all when he spends it for drink. He's
XIV pohO hhoASJ t"s o6Ns A"Ss
three days work, though"
How much money have you ?'' sternly
demanded Justice Kilbreth.
Sixty cents" responded the prisoner,
doggedly; ,
which she got only an ugly scowl from her
husband.
will you give it to her ?' asked the Justice
after a moments thought, in q soft blu sig.
nificant and threatening tone.
mo, l won't, and that's all there is of it,
said the prisoner, testify.
Three months on the island" said the
Court, laconically, tossing the papers to the
Clerk, while !" Johp" was hustled to the cage
and the wife found her way out of court, SOB
bing as if her heart would break.
IF that loafer had 10Y any symptoms
of repentance, and had given that 60 cents to
his wife, I'd have let him off with q warning, "
muttered the Justice as he scanned the papers
in the next case.
Afterwards he said: 1--WE have scores OF
cases like that. II / had told the wife in ad.
vance what l was going to do she would have
gone on her knees to plead for that vaga.
bonds liberty"
The evening world., 1887-12-03
REFORM BY @ Il

Under the stress Of public and official dis
pleasure, evoked by the WoaLD's exposure
Of the fCastle Garden abuses. the Commits.
sdoners are reported to have decided to sell
che privileges of the Garden to the highest
bidder. with the stipulation that immigrants
be fairly served at reasonable rates.
This would mitigate the evils Of the bag.
gage and restaurant rings, as some Of the
other changes have lessened other abuses.
But this policy Of q reluctant MT halting re-
form Is too much like cutting of q dogs tail
by inches.
The best way to reform the Garden man.
agement Is 70 bounce the Satraps.
The evening world., 1887-12-03
D

Philadelphia eats forty-four tons Of pie every day
in the year.
The United States CONTAINS, in round numbers,
nearly 800, 900 Indians.
Col. James s. Hoyt, of Laconia, N. H., who is
ninety-four years old, shingled the roof Of his
house the other day, and did not think much Of the
feat either.
August Shields, Of Hunt County, Tex, Is z feet
10 inches tall and Is still growing. He Ia twenty
two years old and has six brothers, two Of them
taller than himself.
Anderson Burrell, q planter living near Mont
gomery, Ala, IL the father Of thirty-one children
and the grandfather of sixty. He Ii seventy-one
years old and has been married four times.
Isaiah Williamson, of Philadelphia, is the richest
bachelor in the United Statea His fortune of
$40, 900, 900 was made In the dry.goods trade and
yields him an annual income Of o million and a
half.
Nearly $500, 900 In deposits Ii lying unclaimed in
the savings banks Of Boston. 1t belongs to 1857 I'M
appearance at this bank for more than twenty
years. -,oAI
Senator Sawyer, of Wisconsin," Old Pop
Sawyer " Al he is Familiarity known-has q fortune
Of -, 900, 900, which was made by j~udicious invest
hhVheb IL SuVaP piho iuhAos hV uSkoh lag ~ u
woodchopper In Wisconsin in ls4l.
The railroad managers In Texas evidently took
warning from the trouble caused them by rioters
during the great strike, for since the time Of its
occurrence nearly all the brakemen on the roads
throughout the State have been sworn in as deput
marshals.
The richest man In Alabama, Josiah Morris, owes
the greater part of his fortune to the rapid appre-
citation Of land values In Birmingham. Stock in
the Elyton Land Company, for which he paid 500
u share brought him 81, 200 Q share when he dis
posed Of 1t.
A. d. Douglas, q Maine hunter, recently shot
on spence's River, near the Canadian line, the
biggest moose ever seen in the State. 1t stood %
hands high, had a Rirth Of 0 feet, and when
stretched out measured 10 feet from the end of the
nose to the toe tips.
Col. Mynatt's mother, living at Pine Log, Ga. ,
startled the family the other evening by crying out
suddenly: Poor Susan Is dead; she's gone to her
rest" The lady referred TO was living IN Texas,
and had not been seen by the family for years. A
few days later the mail brought news of her death,
which had occurred suddenly at the very time at
which Mrs. Maynatt had cried out
The evening world., 1887-12-03
TOO MANY DUNS ANNOYED Him.
Policeman Duncan Gets Angry When Asked
TO Pay His Tailor Bill.

Policeman Duncan Gets Angry When Asked
to Pay His Tailor Bill.
Policeman Duncan, who went to Pittsburg
and assisted Detective Mullarkey to identify
and arrest Daniel Lyons, who shot and killed
Athlete Quinn, is in trouble. He will 60 be-
fore the Police Commissioners for trial.
Duncan is fond of making q good appear
ance and purchases q new uniform whenever
the old one is soiled or wrinkled. The Schles-
singers, who make suits for policemen. have
from Duncan, and last night the policeman
became SO wroth at being dunned for o set
Element of his account that he seized the
collector by the throat and choked him until
he became weak.
Complaint was made at Police Headquar-
tiers this morning and Duncan was ordered TO
appear and explain his treatment of o col
lector of the Police Department tailor.
The evening world., 1887-12-03
on, CUT IT DOWN,

Dear Mr.. President, do not send out q
message Of $4,000 words.
This o busy time of the year for O busy
people. Not over ten in o million of the
population will read anybody's message II
II Ia 30 long as that.
We know that II takes time to be brief.
But the briefness is worth the cost. Let the
blue pencil put in Its work Of elimination and
condensation.
Boil IL down.
The evening world., 1887-12-03

Disappearance of n Maker OF Wooden Heels.
John Tales Is a Frenchman who makes wooden
heels for ladies' slippers, and his wife disposes of
them and looks after business generally at q little
box OF an ONCE on the third floor Of Is Warren
street. Thursday John left his better half at the
store about 0 o'clock to go to Woodbridge, N. j.,
where they live and where John makes the heels
He said he would return for her at 4 P. N. Mrs.
did not appear. He has not come yet,
and his wife has enlisted the services
OF the police In n search for him. They are COM
fortably of aud have been married eighteen years.
Mrs. Tales 10 a slim, dark woman foriy-four years
old. The husband III rather stout. like an Italian,
and not particularly good-looking. They occa-
aionally quarrel o little.
The evening world., 1887-12-03
A Big Jam ut the Normal Fair.

There was the biggest sort of a crowd at the
Normal College Alumne's fair at the Hotel Bruns-
wick last evening. The rooms were 30 jammed
with people that not even standing room was to be
had. People on the stairs LEADING to the entrance
could not vet in until some Of those inside passed
out. The success OF the lair practically gives as
surance that the Normal College viii getlts library.
The fair Will close this evening.
The evening world., 1887-12-03
Dispepsaries for the Poor.

The Mutual Medical Aid Association, which was
recently organized for the purpose OF giving medi
cal aid to the poor Of the city, has decided to open
thirty-six dispensaries In different parts OF the city.
The nrst Will be opened at 459 West Forty first street
nea' weeS, any person can Dec0me : memoet y ~
cents. BY paying In addition a premium of 10 centA,
o week the member win receive at all times any
advice that may be required, together with modi-
cines, free OF charge. Visits to patients at their
homes win be made at q cost OF IS cents each.
The evening world., 1887-12-03

"There isn't much to do" says Police
Capt. RYAN, touching tie outrageous robbery
of Miss ToRRENoE in the Thirty fourth
street bobtail car. You're wrong, Captain.
There is q good deal to do. In the first
place, let the police wake up. Then let them
overhaul this highway robber. The Dick
Turpins are having things their own way al
together too much in this town.
The evening world., 1887-12-03
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Fire I'm maiden Lane.

A IRE occurred at l O'Clock this morning in the
three-story brick business building, SO Maiden lane,
damaging several establishments which occupied
the building. The IRE originated in the front room
on the second story, used by James K Hyde, Q
broker In drugs, and extended to the rear room
carpenter shop by John Hepburn. HIS Ioss n $500
A. Carreno, who has q restaurant on the nfst no0rs
lost 81 900 and Mr.. Hyde suffered Q nimilar injury
Inc total damage was S1,00o
The evening world., 1887-12-03
Lectures on Christ on CaIvnry.u

The descriptive lectures on Munkacsy's paint
ing " Christ on Calvary" at the Twenty-lh!rd
street Tabernacle for this week will be delivered as
follows Daily ats and S O'Clock p. n, except on
Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, when they
will De given every hour In the afternoon and at s
Hunts lecture Is descriptive OF the painting. Prof.
DR.. Baralt treats 1t from an artistic aud philo-
sophical standpoint and the Rev. y. 7. Graham
speaks gifts religious influence.
The evening world., 1887-12-03
ONTENTED with the

ONTENTED with the
success Of "She at
Niblo's Garden up to
the present time, the
management held q
consultation yesterday
with the object for ar
ranging for q return
engagement Of this
production. Messrs.
Gilmore & Tompkins
have made IN offer of
the Academy of Music,
late this season, for O
continuous run. The
sale Of seats for the
present engagement
rms into the latter
The evening world., 1887-12-03
I.oriliard's Hunting Dogs.

IFFom Nt Green Cove (FId, SpTfn9,1
Mr.. Pierre Lorillard, of New York, who has
his dogs in training In Green Cove for active SER
vice this winter, win be pleased to learn that his
pointers give promise Of becoming remarkably nne
hunters. Powell jenkins, who has the dogs in
bagged l~hirty-six quails, which they ~ spotted " TO
perfection,
The evening world., 1887-12-03
A ChInena PuzzIe.

Policeman o'Brien early this morning heard two
pistol shots fired in IL Pell street. He rushed up
and found May Wo Lee running about excltedly.
and another Chinaman, An Wun, very much
frightened. One bullei hole was seen in the wall
and another IN the ceiling. Both Cinnamon were
taken TO the Essex Market Police Court mis- morn
Ing, and May Wo Lee was held for examination on
a charge of hiring the shots. The prisoner wears 0
handsome diamond ring on his nnger.
The evening world., 1887-12-03

Congressman REED bucks his big head
against the stone wall Of hard facts when he
says that o reduction Of duties inevitably pro-
duces an increase Of revenue Every tariff
reduction made since the close of tho war
has been followed by Q reduction in revenue.
The evening world., 1887-12-03

The officers of the Cattle Feeders Trust de-
cline to lisp q word about their scheme. OF
course. All Of these rank ~monopolistic
growths are naturally fond Of the dark.